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Added on the 22/03/2023 15:18:56 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Heavy machinery moves soil at a makeshift dam while workers hoist giant pipes over mounds of earth at two construction sites in the south of Uruguay, as the South American country struggles to enhance its aging water delivery infrastructure to cope with an unprecedented three-year-long drought that has put at risk the supply of tap water for about 60% of the population. IMAGES
The French Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, has initiated the dissolution of the environmental activism group "Soulèvements de la terre" (Earth Rising), which he accuses of being behind violent actions in Sainte-Soline, the site of a recent water dispute. IMAGES
Photos of dead and living dolphins are displayed by League for the Protection of Birds on the esplanade of the Invalides, in Paris, to raise public awareness of the fate of the marine mammals. Since December 1st, more than 400 dolphins have been found dead. NGOs and scientists are calling for a temporary halt to fishing, deemed responsible for these deaths. IMAGES
Three black men and a white man play the arrest of George Floyd at a makeshift memorial in Minneapolis. A white man lies on the ground as the three black men pretend to sit on top of him, as Minneapolis police officers did to Floyd. "I wanted you all to see this with your own eyes, if your own kind was on the ground," a black man directing the scene tells the crowd. IMAGES
Filipino mothers participate in a one-day breastfeeding gathering in Manila to mark National Breastfeeding Awareness Month. IMAGES